Workaholic. It definitely is something to be. But it is not the right thing to be. It is one of the things that led to my fiery burnout a few years ago.

My body and mind are as ripe for it as a newly tilled field in the spring. New business. The challenge. The rush. The way it can push everything else outside of my head. The escapism.

It is also a part of who I have to be. Business owner. Income earner.

And it is exciting. I do enjoy what I do. I enjoy seeing the results of what I am doing every day. I'm engaging in a profession that I am good at it. It really is exhilarating.

But I know it can bring the emptiness back. I know where this path leads.

How I not return to that place I was a few years ago?

By allowing the parts of who I am to grow as well.

Balance.